MINSK, September 20. /TASS/. Belarus has confirmed its readiness to host the meetings of the Contact Group for the settlement in eastern Ukraine and its four working subgroups in the country’s capital of Minsk on September 21, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry’s press service told TASS.

"We are preparing to host a meeting by the Trilateral Contact Group for the settlement in eastern Ukraine and its four working subgroups on September 21," the press service said.

As reported earlier, the security subgroup meeting has already begun in Minsk.

The previous meeting of the Contact Group and its subgroups (on security, economic, political and humanitarian issues) was held in Minsk on September 7.